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I didn't see anyone mention this when looking through the various threads here, but there's a thread on AR15.com about the durability of FN firearms by the owner of a business called Battlefield Vegas that I figured FNF members would love to know about.
BFV specialises in providing the machinegun experience to folks and have a huge selection of select-fire/full-auto firearms that can be rented and fired at their range (up to, and including miniguns!). According to him, SCARs (both light and heavy) are VERY popular due to their prominence in certain video games (as well as their military use) and they have guns with ~250,000 rounds through them, mostly in full auto.
Aside from barrel swaps at about 80,000 rounds (WAY past what FN rates them for), they've only had to replace a hammer and some hammer springs and other springs. They only recently had their first bolt failure on a MK16 with a crazy high round count (oh, and they broke a stock on a SCAR that was dropped, though he said he doesn't know if, or how many other times it might've been dropped before).
Here's the thread.
So for all those wondering about the longevity/durability of these platforms: In a nutshell, the increased stress of multiple mags daily of full-auto + total round counts WAY beyond what most of us will shoot through our semi-autos, and still, minimal failures.
The owner also has threads on high round count (100,000+ rounds) AR/M4s, AKs, pistols and optics. What I found most telling was that he stated that he originally wasn't a fan of the SCAR when he first tried one, but when someone asked him what his go-to rifle is now, based on his observations of all the ARs, AKs, FALs, Tavors, Steyrs, 416's and everything else the range has, he said after seeing how the SCARs have run on his range, he'd pick the SCAR for his go-to. That right there says a whole lot.
Max
I didn't see anyone mention this when looking through the various threads here, but there's a thread on AR15.com about the durability of FN firearms by the owner of a business called Battlefield Vegas that I figured FNF members would love to know about.
BFV specialises in providing the machinegun experience to folks and have a huge selection of select-fire/full-auto firearms that can be rented and fired at their range (up to, and including miniguns!). According to him, SCARs (both light and heavy) are VERY popular due to their prominence in certain video games (as well as their military use) and they have guns with ~250,000 rounds through them, mostly in full auto.
Aside from barrel swaps at about 80,000 rounds (WAY past what FN rates them for), they've only had to replace a hammer and some hammer springs and other springs. They only recently had their first bolt failure on a MK16 with a crazy high round count (oh, and they broke a stock on a SCAR that was dropped, though he said he doesn't know if, or how many other times it might've been dropped before).
Here's the thread.
So for all those wondering about the longevity/durability of these platforms: In a nutshell, the increased stress of multiple mags daily of full-auto + total round counts WAY beyond what most of us will shoot through our semi-autos, and still, minimal failures.
The owner also has threads on high round count (100,000+ rounds) AR/M4s, AKs, pistols and optics. What I found most telling was that he stated that he originally wasn't a fan of the SCAR when he first tried one, but when someone asked him what his go-to rifle is now, based on his observations of all the ARs, AKs, FALs, Tavors, Steyrs, 416's and everything else the range has, he said after seeing how the SCARs have run on his range, he'd pick the SCAR for his go-to. That right there says a whole lot.
Max
